''Don't Get Mad, Get Even'' is the fifth studio album by British
hard rock
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heavy metal band
Samson
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, released in 1984. ''Don't Get Mad, Get Even'' was included in the three-disc compilation ''The Polydor Years'', issued by Caroline International in 2017, which also includes the album ''
Before the Storm'' and a third CD with various B-sides, live and studio rarities. This compilation was the only official transfer of the original record to CD. An unofficial bootleg was made and sold in New Zealand, released in 1997 on CD.
Reception
Reviews have been generally positive of the album since its release. Götz Kühnemund of the German magazine ''
Rock Hard
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'' praised it, highly recommending it to metal fans and going on to say that it "grows with every listen and even becomes SAMSON's best album!" They compared the LP to being roughly on the same hardness level as
Def Leppard
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's ''
Pyromania
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'' album and that it will, therefore "not appeal to every headbanger. But every SAMSON fan won't be able to get it off the turntable after listening to it for the first time!"
Track listing
;Original vinyl release
Notes
*Originally released in 1984. Unofficially transferred to CD in 1997.
*Tracks 11 & 12 from the 12" Single ''Are You Ready.''
*Tracks 13 & 14 from the 12" Single ''The Fight Goes On.''
*Tracks 15 & 16 from the 2 x 7" Single ''Life On The Run.''
Production
Samson
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Nicky Moore
Nicholas Charles Moore (21 June 1947 – 3 August 2022) was an English blues, rock and heavy metal singer, who was best known as a member of the British band Samson. He replaced Bruce Dickinson who left the band to join Iron Maiden in 1982. ...
– vocals
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Paul Samson – guitar
*
Chris Aylmer – bass guitar
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Pete Jupp
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– drums
Additional musicians
*Martin Ditcham - percussion (additional)
*Stevie Lange - backing vocals
*Joy Yates - backing vocals
Production
*Pip Williams - producer
*Alwyn Clayden - art direction
*Green Ink - artwork, design
*Ian Cooper - mastering
*Louis Austin - engineering
*Gregg Jackman - engineering
References
External links
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{{Samson (band)
1984 albums
Samson (band) albums